David Černý
June 4 – September 29, 2009
Opening reception: June 4, 2009 from 7:30pm
Dvorak sec contemporary is pleased to announce an exhibition that will feature works by Czech artist David Černý - known for scandalous sculpture Entropa.
Prague’s newest international gallery of contemporary art, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, is proud to announce an upcoming exhibition that will feature works by the notorious David Černý. Following a successful exhibition of works by Julian Opie, Dvorak Sec Contemporary will be the first space in the CzechRepublic to present an exhibition by David Černý in nearly 10 years.
Long recognized as one of the most daring and controversial Czech artists of our time, David Černý consistently pushes boundaries with his provocative sculptures and highly original work. The imagery Černy chooses for his art is often symbol-laden and the artist uses this loaded imagery as a springboard from which to launch his own spin which can frequently deflate or disarm the paradigmatic associations.
The exhibition will include a number of sculptures made throughout Černý’s career, in a variety of media, form and content. On display will be Černý’s infamous Shark which depicts a life-size sculpture of Saddam Hussein in his underwear, trussed up in ropes and chains, suspended-in a Hirst-like manner-in a liquid filled glass tank. The highly controversial piece, which was banned twice in 2006, first in Middelkerke, Belgium and then in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, and exhibiting the work keeps with the gallery’s mission to present forward-thinking and provocative art.
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